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diegothengineer t1_ixezu09 wrote

Your mom had some serious class and style in the 90's! Bet she still does too.

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EphraimJenkins t1_ixf0sz2 wrote

She looks like a sassy civil rights lawyer.

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navit47 t1_ixf1qyt wrote

your mom looks young for a 90 year old

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action_lawyer_comics t1_ixf1v0z wrote

She looks like the reporter who shows up 15 minutes before the Men in Black and gives you a head start to keep your memories from getting erased

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ejsell t1_ixf29tf wrote

Accidental secret spy from an 80/90s movie?

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Sarujji t1_ixf30j1 wrote

Where in the world is she?

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mcboogerballs1980 t1_ixf4ajx wrote

I don't buy it. Looks like maybe she's in her early 30's here.

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ihatetheheadlines t1_ixf4nif wrote

she looks like the protagonist on a tv show about a really cool & witty detective

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KAKDave t1_ixf7d6z wrote

Is that the Urban Sombrero from J. Petterman catalog?

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TopangaTiki t1_ixf8k2k wrote

She looks full of style and class and like she doesn’t take crap from anyone. Also a spirit of adventure and probably a world traveler, linguist, probably also a university professor and botanist on the side. The walking epitome of cool.

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TractorBee t1_ixf9vly wrote

She reminds me of a background character in a John Hughes movie, like Home Alone.

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Kahzgul t1_ixfal7u wrote

Your mom is giving me Inspector Lowbeer vibes from The Peripheral. Which, if you haven't seen it - she's awesome!

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Ok-Employer-6315 t1_ixfant1 wrote

Gorgeous lady. She must be about my age now. Is she single?

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rmiguel66 t1_ixfby54 wrote

She looks like Bianca Jagger a lot.

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choochooape t1_ixfj08n wrote

Am I about to be arrested by some kind of Canadian detective?

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cucumberholster t1_ixfj4et wrote

This is a lovely photo. something about her smile makes her seem quirky and sassy. Great style.

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walluper t1_ixfjpiy wrote

She looks much younger.

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susieallen t1_ixfjrii wrote

Looks like a scene from a movie. Your mom is pure glamor. Gorgeous.

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dangerouspingu t1_ixfn4co wrote

Oh my gosh! My mom has those exact same glasses! Popular style I guess haha

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Vesper2000 t1_ixfnbat wrote

I tried to do the wool-shawl-over-trench-coat look back then, I’d just started my first professional job. I definitely did not pull it off as well as your mom here.

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toxicity187 t1_ixfnkrt wrote

She looks pretty good for her 90s

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pcincan t1_ixfp13e wrote

Inspector Gadget

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tege0005 t1_ixfq75f wrote

I’m getting a Rick Moranis-in-drag vibe

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BlueHero45 t1_ixfrsn1 wrote

She looks like she stepped out of a novel.

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intecknicolour t1_ixft103 wrote

everyone's mom/dad/grandparents had that ugly brown trenchcoat in the 70s-90s

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ur2ndcousin t1_ixftpti wrote

Damn, that shawl screaming Angela from Who’s The Boss meets female Frasier.

I miss the 90s superhero shoulder pads.

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luminous_beings t1_ixftqrv wrote

As someone who lived through the 90s I protest the classification “old school”. However, your mom is “all that and a bag of chips” as we used to say. She will smile when you say that to her, I promise. Seriously though, she’s got a fantastic look. I bet she’s still stylish af

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blueheartsadness t1_ixftvij wrote

She looks like she is incredibly intelligent and takes no B.S.

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tchrbrian t1_ixfv72f wrote

Judy Bernly vibes…

( Lily Tomlin in the movie 9 to 5 )

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Fondren_Richmond t1_ixfvy8q wrote

I guess I'll ask the concierge if she changed her money to kronur or wanted to see the Great Wall, then hit up interpol for a warrant.

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mazow t1_ixfw7h6 wrote

Lookin like Jamie Earline Jones

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HejdaaNils t1_ixfwvqe wrote

I suspect that OPs mom could command the attention of the New York Times simply by phoning them up to point out a spelling error in the crossword.

Anyone else get those vibes? She is so stylish, OP, please give her a hug from me.

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Fondren_Richmond t1_ixfwz2k wrote

Replying to ur2ndcousin (#626,342)

> Damn, that shawl screaming Angela from Who’s The Boss

There's a hat for shade and coat for weather, scarf for twisting through the wind

Can't tell cuz they're inside her pockets, prob'ly gloves on both her hands

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rattlestaway t1_ixfz8ln wrote

kind of like inspector Mirabelle. lol

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adamhanson t1_ixg0ckl wrote

Traveling the world closing Eldrich portals

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DerpSherpa t1_ixg1m6t wrote

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

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Content-Key-9469 t1_ixg4n7k wrote

Whoopi/Ms Honey/the nice old lady from Home Alone 2 vibes

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[deleted] t1_ixg76lh wrote

You sure this isn’t 1914 and in the middle of World War One

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TonPereEstIci t1_ixg7hex wrote

She reminds me a bit to moss from IT crowd. She can try to turn me off and on again fs

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SlackerKey t1_ixg7zip wrote

Beautiful photo of what appears to be a substantial and interesting woman. It makes me want to see the movie about her.

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JakkSplatt t1_ixg86tp wrote

I thought this was my mom at first but she had rose colored glasses 🤣

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BouncingRedBalloon t1_ixgbv51 wrote

Your mom looks like Teddy Roosevelts cool rebellious daughter.

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ruuster13 t1_ixge4dj wrote

This could be a movie poster.

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Reasonable_Box_2998 t1_ixgqatj wrote

Wow! Your mom looks amazing and important. Like she’s in France drinking coffee and accidentally becomes part of a spy mission.

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ShoganAye t1_ixgrs7g wrote

But where in the world was she?

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Hot-Field-7613 t1_ixgv7kj wrote

I'll get you gadget, if it's the last thing I ever do muwahahaha

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Piratartz t1_ixgvdwd wrote

That is such a great look.

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injn8r t1_ixgx72i wrote

The where in the world comments are flooring me, hilarious. She certainly cuts an interesting figure in that get-up. Definitely like she stepped right out of a movie.

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MRHBK t1_ixgy56r wrote

She should have been in an Indiana Jones movie , great outfit

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-roboticRebel t1_ixh0dk4 wrote

I love your mums 90’s style. In the rain as well, I feel like she would be meeting someone on the platform of a train to give them a secret spy mission before they board…! I would read/watch the hell out of that 😄 Thanks for sharing OP!

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Heiro78 t1_ixh4xqo wrote

Is you're last name Sandiego? 😁

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iohannesc t1_ixhceyg wrote

Real life Carmen San Diego

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im-buster t1_ixhcf3n wrote

looks like she married Rocky Balboa.

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veksone t1_ixhfx96 wrote

Let me guess, her dad is a doctor her mom is a lawyer and they live in a brownstone in Brooklyn?

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t4r0n t1_ixhrm1f wrote

She looks like the mother in home alone (from her clothes).

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pedro_hrc t1_ixhsl1t wrote

Looks like she just got back from a trip with Jules Verne

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zappafrank1940 t1_ixhu4db wrote

She looks great for being in her early 90’s!!

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MissionarysDownfall t1_ixhwd49 wrote

This woman goes around giving thrilling quest clues to tweens who recently became orphans. Possibly also a witch.

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DoctorIchigaki t1_ixi3z2e wrote

No offense, but from the thumbnail, I thought it was Rita Repulsa from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

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voodoo1985 OP t1_ixi6e0j wrote

Replying to TopangaTiki (#634,187)

Haha. Not quite. Haitian born escaped dictatorship by fleeing to America, studied architecture in New York at Columbia, married a swiss man and moved to Liberia, ivory coast, England, France, Haïti, and back to Switzerland. In that time she raised 2 kids, did a PhD in sociology, coordinated the national lobby of engineers and architects in Haiti and worked on restoration and reconstruction of national heritage architecture in Haiti. She has now retired and lives in Switzerland and complains about how cold it is.

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atomwol t1_ixi7ezb wrote

Great shoot! The outfit are one from the „forever live” it was good in 70s,80s,90s, good for now and in future is the coat that has few mln versions and is always must have , but the best are glasses and the bag in a „postman” style raw finish -class! and hat is makes the right job,in the style from highlanders from my country.But without your Mom those are just things that I beet she is just decorate any clothes she wear.

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TopangaTiki t1_ixi7wom wrote

Replying to voodoo1985 (#634,549)

Oooo I was right about her being international and super intelligent and well-learned though! Surely speaks fluent English and French and probably Swiss German. And engineering is closely related to science. A picture says a lot about a person and I happen to be a very perceptive person. That’s so amazing about her engineering and architectural legacy in Haiti.

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kstinfo t1_ixifaik wrote

Just something I threw on for this snapshot.

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CatMomma612 t1_ixil4j2 wrote

The camera person knows beauty when he sees it

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GeorgiaPossum t1_ixiqi4i wrote

Your mom kind of gives me 'Young Professor Sprout' vibes.

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FitteKatt t1_ixirhvc wrote

Definition of aestethics

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chojinra t1_ixjfkhq wrote

She looks like she runs an organization that investigates the paranormal. And I friggen love it.

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